Chicken Boy - My Life With Hens

Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young - but for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him ''Chicken Boy''. The quiet fulfilment of keeping hens became his sanctuary, a tonic for mental and physical health, a connection with his family and the natural world. Illustrated with Arthur''s own characterful watercolours and photographs of his ''girls'', Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature.<>

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Parkinson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241573662
• ISBN: 978-0-241-57366-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Gardening, NATURE / Animals / Birds, PETS / Birds, Memoirs, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, GARDENING / Essays & Narratives, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Self-sufficiency and ‘green’ lifestyle, Birds, Including Cage Birds, As Pets, Poultry farming